How to build kids’ resilience, with Mary Alvord, PhD
2/18/202635 min
From school pressures to friendship ruptures, all kids will face challenges as they grow. Mary Alvord, PhD, talks why building resilience is key to helping kids handle both everyday stresses and significant life setbacks; how to help children and teens develop foundational resilience skills like emotion regulation, problem solving and an “action mindset”; and how the Resilience Builder program is being scaled up to classrooms and schools to reach more kids who could benefit from it.
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[gentle music] All kids face challenges as they grow, from school pressures to friendship ruptures to family tension. While stress and setbacks are a normal part of life, giving kids the tools to manage these challenges, whether large or small, can help them cope and thrive. Today we're going to talk to a psychologist who has spent decades developing programs to help children build these essential resilience skills. So how do kids develop resilience? What role can